되다 -- literally meaning "to turn out that...", this is one of the mostly widely used and versatile verbs in the Korean vocabulary. It can cover situations as diverse as "it turned out that...", "it turned out ok", "it's ok to...", "you should...", "it's better if you...", "don't worry about it", and so forth.

It's seen in the following grammar forms:

• -야 되다
• -게 되다

[edit] Example sentences

• 대학생 되었어요! I've become a college student!

[edit] Related hanja

• 化: 될 화